It's been a long while since I read any horror novels with lots of psychological mindfuck, something like Edgar Allan Poe or maybe even Stephen King. Recommendations would be welcome.
It's been a long while since I read any horror novels with lots of psychological mindfuck, something like Edgar Allan Poe or maybe even Stephen King. Recommendations would be welcome.
House of LeavesOriginally Posted by Shane
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I really hope The Familiar is good. Only Revolutions was much more of a slog to get through than House of Leaves and I can't help but be suspicious of a 27 volume book - please be good, please be good.
On topic, Feersum Endjinn. I'm not sure why I'd put off trying his non-culture scifi for so long but it certainly is good. The phonetic chapters seem like a bit of a novelty so far though, even if they are much easier to read than expected.
It's also a great change of pace from Atlas Shrugged, which was not enjoyable. The basic story in there was decent enough but it went on far, far too long and wasn't worth the time at all. Oh well, at least I don't need to be curious about it anymore.
Last edited by Goateh; 08-05-2013 at 07:37 AM.
Yeah, I bounced right off Only Revolutions and while the few pages I've read of The Fifty Year Sword so far were interesting, the colors used to designate different characters are so similar that my eyes started to hurt.
For some reason I'd confused The Fifty Year Sword with the Whalestoe Letters and assumed it was just more cuts from House of Leaves. A real physical book no less! I suspect my e-reader atrophied arms will not to be happy with such things.
Just finished A Dance with Dragons. Enjoyed it more than the previous book. It feels like the Ice and Fire universe is beginning to contract rather than keep expanding, and the ending is in sight, though still many leagues away to the point where you have to wonder how George is supposed to wrap everything up in only two more books (probably split into two parts each like this one was). I was concerned before purchasing when the reviews painted it as a continuation of uninterestingness from the previous book, but I liked it. *Shrug* With a few nitpicks of course. A couple of times characters end up bumping into each other half the world away through staggering coincidence.
Last edited by Drake Sigar; 10-05-2013 at 02:56 PM.
I'm reading Dale Carnegie,
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is one of the most famous works, the best-selling and most influential of all time. The book has been translated into almost all languages in the world and is present in hundreds of countries. This book is continuously topped bestseller lists (Best-selling Books) by The New York Times poll for 10 consecutive years. The work is considered the first book and the best in this category, with a life-changing impact for millions of people around the world.
Re-reading(?) "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time" by Mark Haddon, I read this years back in secondary school and found my old copy then decided to give it another read and what a fantastic story it is.
Oh yes. I remember reading it and it's quite amazing how well crafted the story is.
Can anyone recommend a good Shadowrun novel? I've only finished Born to Run and it was pretty meh. I'm currently reading Never Deal with a Dragon and it is better, but nothing great.
The Medallion of the Imperial Psychopath, a Napoleon: Total War AAR
For the Emperor!, a Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai AAR
Crapshoot Investing by Mr. Jim McTague.
A casual non-fiction about 2010 US equity market's well known "Flash Clash", the largest single day drop of US stock market. I've read 8 chapters out of 24. While it seems to be something like trading machines went out of order, like what happened in 1987, some suspected that the event was actually orchestrated by some sophisticated traders, who have been abusing the market with computing technology inaccessible by most retail investors, to profit from rubbing those poor retail investors, those often referred as High-frequency Traders. In stead of being appreciated as tech-savvy, they are portrayed as notorious in this book, at least up to chapter 8 as I have read. I still have over half of the book unfinished but can't wait to share with you this great read.
Recently when someone said "dog shaman ex-corp runs the shadows" I drew a complete blank. Wasn't 'til much later I thought "Only the very first Shadowrun novel!" My mind seems to be slipping away.
Into The Shadows is an anthology of short stories, linked but independent, and is pretty awesome. 2XS and Burning Bright are also thematically linked and make a good pair. Steel Rain was good but didn't really go anywhere. Stick with Twist (heh) through the trilogy, it's pretty good.
Does the quality remain the same? Because right now (Twist just met the sasquatch) I'm just reading it to finish it. I wanted to get into the spirit of things before the game dropped but so far I think I am 0 for 2 and might just move on.
The Medallion of the Imperial Psychopath, a Napoleon: Total War AAR
For the Emperor!, a Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai AAR
'Medie kultur, Medie samhälle' by Jostein Gipsrud.. Media Culture and Media Society would be the title in english, not a very fun reading. I can never find the enthusiasm to read fiction anymore, maybe some day when I'm finished with School and have forgotten the dreads of academic reading.
Wool by Hugh Howey, pretty damn good so far.
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